What are the responsibilities and job description for the Laboratory Technician I - Laboratory of Dr. Christian Metallo position at Career Opportunities?
As a Lab Tech I, this position will be supporting the laboratory of Dr. Christian Metallo, and under direction, position performs tasks and experiments in support of academic research projects. Responsibilities may include preparation for experiments, homogenizing tissues, cell and tissue extraction, RNA and DNA isolation, qPCR, BCA assay, mycobacteria assay, Western blots, loading samples on GCMS, plating, passaging, and freezing cells for tissue culture, general lab maintenance chores.
Who We Are
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What Your Key Responsibilities Will Be
- Label tubes and help prepare for tissue collection.
- Isolate RNA from cells and tissues, perform qPCR.
- Isolate DNA and run DNA gels.
- Perform Wester blots.
- Homogenize tissue and do extractions from cells and from tissue homogenates.
- Load samples on gas chromatography mass spec machine.
- Run BCA protein concentration assays
- Run Myoplasma detection assays on tissue culture samples
- Plate, passage, thaw, and freeze cells to maintain tissue culture lines and generate cells.
- Performs other related duties as assigned by management.
What we Require
- No professional experience is required.
- High school diploma or general education degree (GED), or one to three months related experience and/or training, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Computer skills required: Microsoft Office
What We Can Offer
The expected pay for this position is $17.25 per hour. Salk Institute provides pay ranges representing its good faith estimate of what the institute reasonably expects to pay for a position. The pay offered to a selected candidate will be determined based on factors such as (but not limited to) the scope and responsibilities of the position, the qualifications of the selected candidate, departmental budget availability, internal equity, geographic location, and external market pay for comparable jobs.
Benefits
Salk Institute offers competitive benefits, including medical, dental, vision, retirement, paid time off, tuition reimbursement, patient advocacy services, and transit/parking program.
Salk Values
The Salk Community, both scientists and administrators, worked together to define values that we believe support Salk’s pursuit of excellence. To be truly the best scientific institution requires not only incredible discoveries, but a common understanding of how we should work together to enable those discoveries.
The acronym “I CARE” provides a simple way to remember each of the values and reminds each of us of the importance of what we do each day.
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The Salk Institute for Biological Studies is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to providing equal access to opportunities for students, employees, applicants for employment and other visitors. Salk has also adopted and maintains a policy to encourage professional and respectful workplace behavior and prevent discriminatory and harassing conduct in our workplace.
Accordingly, the Institute prohibits harassment and discrimination in employment on the basis of, and considers all qualified applicants for employment without regard to, actual or perceived race (race is inclusive of traits associated with race, including, but not limited to, hair texture and protective hairstyles. Protective hairstyles include, but not limited to, such hairstyles as braids, and twists), color, religion, religious creed (including religious dress and grooming practices), national origin, ancestry, citizenship, physical or mental disability, medical condition (including cancer and genetic characteristics), genetic information, marital status, age, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), reproductive health decision making, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, veteran and/or military status (disabled veteran, veteran of the Vietnam era, other covered veteran status), political affiliation, and any other status protected by state or federal law.
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